Nkawkaw Holy Family Hospital receives donor support

• Officials of the hospital receiving the items

A United States of America-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Yaco International Inc. has donated US $40,000.00 worth of medical equipment to the Holy Family Hospital at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region.

The equipment comprise six sitting parapodia for kids, One adult tilt bed, three bales containing 126 brand new blankets and 42 pieces of thermometers.

Making the donation, Mr. Stephen Agbo, Chief Executive Officer of Yaco International said that his entire family had adopted the hospital as their second home because some of his children were born in the facility hence his decision to help raise the image of the hospital.

He said the items were contributed by friends in the diaspora especially those in America, and called on others to do same.

Meanwhile management of holy Family Hospital has made a passionate appeal to the Ministry of Health especially Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to assist the hospital with computed Tomography (CT) Scan equipment to enable members of staff to work efficiently.

Receiving the items, Dr. Isaac Adu-PokuAntwi, Medical Director, said that though the hospital lacked a lot of amenities, the most pressing one was the scan equipment.

He said that the Holy Family Hospital was strategically positioned in between five districts in the Eastern and Ashanti regions which called for urgent attention from the government, individuals and non-governmental organisations.

“The hospital is the first port of call of most critical accidents which occur on that stretch of the road.

“Sometimes we sit down helplessly and just watch people dying because of lack of equipment, oh my God, but what can we do?

I am passionately appealing to our brothers and sisters home and abroad, NGOs and philanthropists to come to our aid to save lives of our families and friends,” he said.

By Spectator Reporter, Nkawkaw